The Trigger

As an avid Tumblr browser, I have seen a deal of trigger warnings which are statements intended to warn that what follows could be disturbing and discusses what could be a cause for trauma. However, the first time I have ever even heard of someone expecting a trigger warning outside of internet blogs was two years ago in my high school English class when we were discussing Of Mice and Men. One girl, who I will call Emma, confronted the teacher before we could even get into the discussion,…

of memories too painful for reappearance 's. And therein lies the necessity of trigger warnings used in the event that a class is addressing topics such as abuse (of any kind), trauma, violence, racism, sexism. The usual offenders. If it could potentially give someone a…

All students, especially those in college, should be aware that the world does not work in their favor. In recent discussion in American Universities today, a controversial issue has been raised as to whether trigger warnings, defined as any statement of any source which creates tension within one’s self, must be provided by the Professors to ensure that material presented does not offend or upset ant student in class. College individuals should know by now that not everything will go as they…

and negative, Gardner et al. (2005) believe that positive event can also bring about development in leadership. In Mr Liang’s life, some trigger event might probably be his decision of going away from his village in Borneo to Jakarta to seek job opportunity and the first time he opens his own business not long after. • Opinion on ‘Trigger events’ For me trigger events can be seen as a motivation, seeing how far he has come from the beginning, and keeps him on his toe for any situation that may…

you eat? I will check her glucose level to make sure she is not hypoglycemic. What was your diet last night? What did you eat last night? Precipitating factors of headache can be stress, diet or hunger, menstrual period (VanMeter & Hubert, 2014). Triggers of migraine headache are fasting, alcohol intake, smoke, caffeine, lack of sleep, certain food (chocolate or cheese) and oral contraceptive (Brashers, 2006). Do you have any blurry vision, any numbness or tingling sensation in any part of…

should have access to trigger warnings or safe spaces. Specifically, this issue is with the University of Chicago, but along the way, other universities have shown their support on the movement against “coddling” students. The idea that trigger warnings are negative stems from the viewpoint that students will use them as a way to avoid class discussion, or even assignments. However, that is not the case. Students, faculty, and experts are fighting for the implementation of trigger warnings so…

Chief Complaint Follow up on new onset seizure. History Patient is a 58-year-old right-handed white male who presents with his ex-wife for followup after inpatient evaluation for new onset seizure. I did review the H&P and discharge summary, the initial neurology consult done by Robin Kass, MD and my follow up notes. I also reviewed the EEG report and reviewed the scans myself. This is an individual who has had a hypoglycemic brain injury in 2008 resulting in an induced coma for a full month…

Introduction De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis is an inflammation of the tendon sheath and the tendons of the first extensor tunnel, extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) & abductor pollicis longus (APL). However, additional research has characterized De Quervain’s as more highly associated with a thickening of the tendon sheath and connective tissue degeneration rather than inflammatory changes.1 A study was conducted to prove that de Quervain’s does not involve inflammation and has histopathological…

“The Effect of a Compressive Brace for the Treatment of Perons with Pectus Carinatum” 1. Lee SY, Lee SJ, Jeon CW, Lee CS, Lee KR. Effect of the compressive brace in pectus carinatum. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 2008;34(1):146-9. The purpose of this study was to observe, over a six year period, the effects and efficiency of compressive brace therapy as a nonsurgical treatment for pectus carinatum (PC).…

believe that trigger warnings can be of good use in some of the graphics such as concepts of murder religion, abortions, and discrimination. Personally because these are controversial topics that contain issues either to prior experience or exposure to it. The main reason why I stated that some should be trigger warning and others should not because I am a reader that enjoys the thrill, the excitement, the climax of story with some pictures or video being played without the trigger warning.…